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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Philosophy) by Title
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(University of Pretoria, 2001)Please read the abstract in the section 08summary, of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-06-02)The ancient Chinese I Ching, the Book of Changes, and the philosophy of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) both assert that the universe exists in a state of change. The I Ching, originally a book of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-01)This dissertation investigates the intricate relationship between the philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education, particularly within the South African context. The comprehensive exploration comprises five chapters, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2000)In 1844, when Kierkegaard published his work, The Concept of Anxiety, under the pseudonym of Vigilius Haufuiensis, it constituted no mean feat for a variety of reasons. Firstly, and perhaps most obviously, was the content ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)No abstract
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)In the Constitutional Court case of Mazibuko and Others v The City of Johannesburg and Others CCT 39/09 [2009], a case dealing with the question of access to water, the presiding judge, Kate O'Regan CJ, makes the following ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-03-30)Interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has never been greater – while we’re at a likely tipping point in the adoption of AI into mainstream industry, we’re still grappling with effective ways to manage the ethical ...
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Martin Heidegger’s conception of being-in-the-world : a philosophical critique of gaming and being (University of Pretoria, 2024-03)Martin Heidegger's philosophy provides insight into how technological advancements impact human experiences and existence by highlighting the relationship between humans and their surroundings. He posits that technology ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)What is the meaning of life? This philosophical question is as old as human existence itself, and has received especial attention in the secular Western world since the 19th century and Friedrich Nietzsche's polemical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-05)This thesis analyses the conceptual architecture in Michel Foucault’s work on Productive Power. I identify five mobile terms in Foucault’s work, which move between different power-knowledge configurations. The chosen mobile ...
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The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty (University of Pretoria, 2023)In this dissertation, I consider a hitherto underexplored concept of ‘human minimum’ as proposed by H. Odera Oruka to obligate responsibility as an approach to tackling extreme poverty in Africa and beyond. I aim to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-06-18)This thesis investigates how the different aspects and claims associated with moral relativism can be applied to the issue of corporate governance convergence. The question of how corporate governance models may be converging ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-01-17)This dissertation is an attempt to examine the political implications of the ethos of self-persecution that accompanied the rise of modern man. The attempt at achieving self-transparency and to locate a final, deep 'truth' ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-01-10)AFRIKAANS: Sover ons kennis strek stam die woord mistiek uit die Griekse misteriekultusse en is in die vyftiende eeu deur Jean de Gerson gedefinieer as ervaarbare kennis van God deur die omhelsing van verenigende liefde. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1952)Geen abstrak
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-11-17)No abstract available.
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-10-25)In this dissertation, Noto-ya Masogana is described as a moral story. The moral story can be distinguished from the didactic story and from the picaresque. The picaresque deals with a picaro who is the only main character. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)In this thesis I offer a novel alternative response to Frank Jackson’s (1982, 1986) knowledge argument in support of non-reductive physicalism (NRP). The knowledge argument is framed as an attack on reductive physicalism ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-28)This dissertation addresses the ontological significance of poetry in the thought of Martin Heidegger (1889 – 1976). It gives an account of both his earlier and later thinking. The central argument of the dissertation is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-05-18)THIS THESIS IS IN THE EXAMINATION PROCESS Copyright
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